00:00Kyle, as we look at the odds, the host nation who Team USA
00:07takes on to start their Olympic soccer on the men's side a
00:10little bit later this afternoon. France is booked as
00:13the favorite plus 210 30 cents in front of Argentina plus 240
00:17in Spain rounds out the top three at plus 280 before we see
00:20that large drop off to Morocco at fourteen to one. Does that
00:25feel fair? Those three teams on their own peg by themselves
00:28separated by just 70 cents before greater than an $11
00:32drop off to everybody else in the field. Yeah, it does. There
00:36is some value out there on those underdogs because like I
00:39mentioned, the favorites don't always do the job here at youth
00:44tournaments, but it does seem fair based on the talent. I
00:47love Spain. They just have such a good team. You know, like I
00:50said, you don't get the best youth players. So guys like
00:53Lamia Mall, who's just 17 won't be there because he just
00:56participated heavily at the Euros, but there's still a
00:59really, really strong contingent of players on the
01:01Spain team. They've got Fermin Lopez and Pau Cubarsi, who are
01:07both Barcelona players and have broken into the team. Cubarsi
01:10is a 17 year old center back. Just a ton of young talent on
01:14that Spain team. The host bump is real. So France should make
01:18it deep into this tournament. Argentina have a really, really
01:21tough group and I think it'll be a struggle for them to get
01:26far. If you're looking for value, you know, Morocco is a
01:30very talented team, but I like Ukraine. They always produce
01:34good young talent. I really like Uzbekistan. They're holding
01:38their own against Spain right now and I think they could make
01:41some noise later in the group stage. They've got a really
01:44good overage striker in Shemotorov, who plays for Roma
01:50has been injured for a lot of the past year, year and a half,
01:52but it's finally healthy and they brought him to the
01:54Olympics as sort of a leader. Really good goal scorer and so
01:58I think Uzbekistan could make some noise if you're looking
02:00for a really big long shot.
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